Chrysanthemum plant named &#39;Zanmurover&#39;

ABSTRACT

A  chrysanthemum  plant named ‘Zanmurover’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with dark red ray florets and prolific branching; natural season flower date October 5 (week 41); blooming for a period of 4 weeks.

BOTANICAL DESIGNATION

Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.

CULTIVAR DENOMINATION

‘Zanmurover’

RELATED CULTIVARS

This new plant cultivar ‘Zanmurover’ is of the botanical classification Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat, and is related to “Zanmucanyon’ (U.S. Plant Pat. applied). Both cultivars have been obtained as seedlings from the same cross.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of chrysanthemum plant, botanically known as Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat., commercially known as a garden mum, and hereinafter referred to by the cultivar denomination ‘Zanmurover’. ‘Zanmurover’ is a product of a breeding and selection program for outdoor pot mums (garden mums) which had the objective of creating new cultivars with a double type inflorescence, a natural season flower date around October 5 (week 41); blooming for a period of 4 weeks. ‘Zanmurover’ is a seedling resulting from a cross of the female parent id 9396 with the male parent id 9285. Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmurover’ differ from plants of the female parent in the following characteristics. (1) Natural season flowering date. And (2) Inflorescence size. (1). Plants of the seedling flower later in the season than those of the female parent. (2) Inflorescences of the seedling are smaller than those of the female parent.

Plants of the new cultivar ‘Zanmurover’ differ from plants of the male parent in the presence of disc florets. Disc florets are absent in the seedling, while they are present in the mature inflorescences of the male parent.

The new and distinct cultivar was discovered and selected as a flowering plant by Wilhelmus Bernardus Blom on a cultivated field in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands in 2005. The first act of asexual production of ‘Zanmurover’ was accomplished when vegetative cuttings from the initial selection in 2005 were propagated further in a controlled environment in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands. The new cultivar has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive propagations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention of a new and distinct variety of chrysanthemum is shown in the accompanying drawings, the color being as nearly true as possible with color photographs of this type.

FIG. 1 shows a plant of the cultivar in full bloom.

FIG. 2 shows the various stages of bloom of the new cultivar.

FIG. 3 shows the various stages of foliage of the new cultivar.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The observations and measurements were gathered from plants grown out door in Rijsenhout, The Netherlands under natural day length and temperature and planted in week 23 in 2009. The natural season flowering date of this crop was October 5 (week 41). The average height of the plants was 30 cm. No growth retardants were used. No tests were done on disease or insect resistance or susceptibility. No tests were done on cold or drought tolerance. This new variety produces medium sized blooms with dark red ray florets blooming for a period of 4 weeks.

From the cultivars known to inventor the most similar existing cultivar in comparison to ‘Zanmurover’ is its sibling ‘Zanmucanyon’ (U.S. Plant Patent applied). When ‘Zanmucanyon’ and ‘Zanmurover’ are being compared the following differences are noticed: (1) Plant vigor. And (2) Leaf size. (1) Plants of ‘Zanmurover’ are more vigorous than those of ‘Zanmucanyon’. (2) Leaves of ‘Zanmurover’ are smaller than those of ‘Zanmucanyon’.

The following is a description of the plant and characteristics that distinguish ‘Zanmurover’ as a new and distinct variety.

The color designations are taken from the plant itself. Accordingly, any discrepancies between the color designations and the colors depicted in the photographs are due to photographic tolerances. The color chart used in this description is: The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, edition 2001.

TABLE 1 Botanical Description of Chrysanthemum xmorifolium Ramat. ‘Zanmurover’ Bud Size Small; cross-section 5 mm, height 5 mm Shape Round Texture Pubescent Outside Color Greyed-green 191A Phyllaries Number 25, arranged in 3 rows Shape Elliptic Apex Acute Base Truncate Margin Entire Color Upper surface: Greyed-green 191B Length and width 5 mm; 2 mm Texture Pubescent Inflorescence Type Double Height 1 cm Diameter 4 cm Peduncle length 6 cm Peduncle color Green 138B Peduncle diameter 1.8 mm Peduncle texture Pubescent Number per branch Approx 7 inflorescences Duration of flowering 4 weeks Seeds Produced in small quantities, ovate, Greyed-brown 199A, length 1.5 mm, diameter 0.5 mm Fragrance Faint chrysanthemum odor Color Center of inflorescence Immature stage: Greyed-red 181A Mature stage: Greyed-yellow 161D Color of upper surface of the Yellow 6C at base, Greyed-red 181 B at ray-florets top Color of the lower surface Greyed-red 180D of the ray-florets Tonality from Distance A garden mum with dark red flowers Color of the ray-florets after Greyed-red 180C aging of the plant Ray florets Texture Upper and lower surface smooth Number Ca 180 Shape Elliptic Apex Dentate Base Attenuate Cross-section Flat Longitudinal axis of Straight majority Length of corolla tube 3-4 mm Ray-floret margin Entire Ray-floret length 1.1-1.6 cm Ray-floret width 4 mm Ratio length/width Medium Disc florets Absent Receptacle Color Yellow-green 145D Shape Conical raised Height 5 mm Diameter 2 mm Reproductive Organs Androecium Absent Pollen Not produced Gynoecium Present on ray florets Style color Yellow-green 154C Style Length 3 mm Stigma color Yellow 7A Stigma Width 1 mm Ovary Enclosed in calyx Plant Form Grown as a spray type pot mum, outdoor raised and mounded Growth habit Spherical shape Growth rate High Height 30 cm Width 50 cm Stem Color Greyed-brown 199A Stem Strength Strong Stem Brittleness Brittle Stem Anthocyanin Coloration Not observed Internode length 1-2 cm Length of lateral branch From top to bottom 15 cm Lateral branch color Green 137 C Lateral branch, attachment Brittle Lateral branch diameter 2.mm Branching (average number Prolific with 8 breaks after pinching of lateral branches) Natural season blooming date October 5 (week 41) Foliage Leaf color Upper side: Yellow-green 147B Lower side: Yellow-green 147C Color midvein Upper side: Yellow-green 147D Lower side: Yellow-green 148D Size Small; length 2.5-4 cm, width 1.5-2.5 cm Quantity (number per lateral 16-18 branch) Shape Elliptic Texture upper side Sparsely pubescent Texture under side Pubescent Venation arrangement Palmate Shape of the margin Serrated Shape of Base of Sinus Rounded Between Lateral Lobes Margin of Sinus Between Diverging Lateral Lobes Shape of Base Attenuate Apex Mucronulate Petiole length 0.5-1 cm Petiole diameter 2 mm Petiole color Yellow-green 147D

TABLE 2 Differences with the comparison variety (when grown side to side) “Zanmurover” ‘Zanmucanyon’ Growth rate High Medium Leaf length   2.5-4 cm   4-5 cm Leaf width 1.5-2.5 cm 3-3.5 cm 

1. A new and distinct chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmurover’ as described and illustrated. 